Birmingham Bowl

[bcoach]

Not much considering we’ve had our fair share of embarrassment the last few years.

Well I am giving the man a chance, but if we lose to GS two times in one year I will hate him for the rest of my life.

Jerry Moore did that once...

He is no Jerry Moore.

Sharing that positive energy again I see.

Problem?

[RaleighApp27609]

Nothing a username block can't fix.

[bcoach]

Nothing a username block can't fix.

OK

[Seattleapp]

Nothing a username block can't fix.

Geez man. You started it with your snide comment then that’s how you follow up his response post?

[Stonewall]

Time to bring back two way players. A team of them.

[ericsaid]

I also saw what Drink said about similar topic.

The system is broken and not sustainable. It has to be fixed

Want to transfer? You have to be bought out or the program you’re leaving has to be paid a fee. Soccer has been doing this since it went professional in the early 20th century. It isn’t hard.

No free transfers unless the school releases you from your contract. If another program wants you there, they have to coordinate with the program, and the player agent needs to negotiate with each of the programs to determine an adequate transfer fee.

No lore free asset transfers. That’s what players are, they are assets. They lost the ability to be considered solely “players” or “students” once revenue share began. Now they are assets to be bought and sold and they did this to themselves.

Three year contracts, five years to play with no Redshirt rule. At the end of three you can transfer fee free. Any time before that and you either can be released and bought out by your program or a program you want to transfer to has to negotiate a fee.

This rewards programs who have great talent identification and ensures that those programs can then go out and get replacements without purely relying on television, student fees, or taxpayer funds.

For the playoff? 10 autobids with a reevaluation after each season to change who gets how many bids, for a total of 20. No more subjective, back room horse trading on playoff spots. Each G5 conference gets a bid, and the conferences in the P’s get a set number based on order of finish. Remove the rankings completely for anything other than seeding.


This turns the playoff into a tournament worthy of respect and above repudiation as there will be nothing subjective. It brings meaning to each FBS conference and will drive value up in television across the board as every game has the potential to matter.


I’ll probably be flamed for this post but, one last thing. There needs to be an anti-trust exemption given to the NCAA so that they can enforce the rules that govern hundreds of taxpayer funded athletics programs. Right now it’s a siphon on we, the people, and it’s corruption bordering on an oligarchical movement right now. It isn’t free enterprise and it isn’t a “free market”. Hardly anyone fully supports unrestricted markets. There has to be guardrails, unless everyone is acting in good faith and even Adam Smith recognized this.


My idea will never be implemented and even if it is, in part, it won’t be for another 20 years.

Sorry for the wall of text guys and I know a lot of you will disagree but it really is the only thing I can think of that stabilizes the sport while providing reasonable guard rails, post season expectations, and retains the importance of the regular season.

I could throw a couple stones at the redshirt and playoff part but this is good. Amazing what a little common-sense injection could do.

My auto-bid bit was a typo. 20 autobids, 1 for each G5 conference, while the P's will adjust based on a coefficient ranking based on performance.

[Apptrain]

I also saw what Drink said about similar topic.

The system is broken and not sustainable. It has to be fixed

Want to transfer? You have to be bought out or the program you’re leaving has to be paid a fee. Soccer has been doing this since it went professional in the early 20th century. It isn’t hard.

No free transfers unless the school releases you from your contract. If another program wants you there, they have to coordinate with the program, and the player agent needs to negotiate with each of the programs to determine an adequate transfer fee.

No lore free asset transfers. That’s what players are, they are assets. They lost the ability to be considered solely “players” or “students” once revenue share began. Now they are assets to be bought and sold and they did this to themselves.

Three year contracts, five years to play with no Redshirt rule. At the end of three you can transfer fee free. Any time before that and you either can be released and bought out by your program or a program you want to transfer to has to negotiate a fee.

This rewards programs who have great talent identification and ensures that those programs can then go out and get replacements without purely relying on television, student fees, or taxpayer funds.

For the playoff? 10 autobids with a reevaluation after each season to change who gets how many bids, for a total of 20. No more subjective, back room horse trading on playoff spots. Each G5 conference gets a bid, and the conferences in the P’s get a set number based on order of finish. Remove the rankings completely for anything other than seeding.


This turns the playoff into a tournament worthy of respect and above repudiation as there will be nothing subjective. It brings meaning to each FBS conference and will drive value up in television across the board as every game has the potential to matter.


I’ll probably be flamed for this post but, one last thing. There needs to be an anti-trust exemption given to the NCAA so that they can enforce the rules that govern hundreds of taxpayer funded athletics programs. Right now it’s a siphon on we, the people, and it’s corruption bordering on an oligarchical movement right now. It isn’t free enterprise and it isn’t a “free market”. Hardly anyone fully supports unrestricted markets. There has to be guardrails, unless everyone is acting in good faith and even Adam Smith recognized this.


My idea will never be implemented and even if it is, in part, it won’t be for another 20 years.

Sorry for the wall of text guys and I know a lot of you will disagree but it really is the only thing I can think of that stabilizes the sport while providing reasonable guard rails, post season expectations, and retains the importance of the regular season.

I could throw a couple stones at the redshirt and playoff part but this is good. Amazing what a little common-sense injection could do.

My auto-bid bit was a typo. 20 autobids, 1 for each G5 conference, while the P's will adjust based on a coefficient ranking based on performance.

It makes too much common sense to happen. Wish it would and in a timely fashion so maybe I can enjoy college football again before I'm gone.

[Cro-Magnon App]

Taylor said “I never thought we’d be punished for being in a bowl game by being leveraged …”. Sad times.

[Pikapp79]

Don’t change a thing until the system implodes.

[AppState89]

I also saw what Drink said about similar topic.

The system is broken and not sustainable. It has to be fixed

I 100% agree with him. If you are on a damn scholarship, you need to play in the bowl game. That is OUR money paying for their education, but today they don't care about the name on the front of their jersey.

[appstate24]

Rondo and Ronnie Porter posting pictures from Hawaii….

Safe to say they won’t be in Birmingham

They were long shots, but man we could really use Rondo up front next week.

GO APPS!!

[ASUFan4863]

Rondo and Ronnie Porter posting pictures from Hawaii….

Safe to say they won’t be in Birmingham

They were long shots, but man we could really use Rondo up front next week.

GO APPS!!

I don’t believe that’s safe to say.

[Bootsy]

Maybe we should hope for the best while assuming the worst?

[appstate24]

Rondo and Ronnie Porter posting pictures from Hawaii….

Safe to say they won’t be in Birmingham

They were long shots, but man we could really use Rondo up front next week.

GO APPS!!

I don’t believe that’s safe to say.

In the words of cousin Eddie, that would be “Real Nice!”

GO APPS!!

[bcoach]

We never hear much from the folks who thought this was a good idea anymore do we.

[AEB4AE]

DOES ANYONE KNOW WHO IS /IS NOT PLAYING???

[ASUFan4863]

We never hear much from the folks who thought this was a good idea anymore do we.

You complain more than a moody woman. If Loggains had declined the invite, you would have been one of the first to ridicule him.

Take pride in your university and student athletes stepping up in support of the college football that you so cherish. These athletes could have easily said no and Loggains would have declined it. They didn’t. They wanted the opportunity. That alone should make you want to support them in the game.

[ASUFan4863]

Any person that is admitting to hating a coach for the rest of their life if they lose the next game is not a true fan. I’m sorry. Kick rocks if that is how you feel.

[BambooRdApp]

We never hear much from the folks who thought this was a good idea anymore do we.

Why would we continually post our excitement? We have already said we are excited . Seems repetitive. We can all re-post if that makes you feel better

[Stonewall]

We never hear much from the folks who thought this was a good idea anymore do we.

This game or the new structure?